How To Install python3-sqlitedict on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-sqlitedict on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-sqlitedict is Persistent dict in Python, backed up by sqlite3 and pickle, multithread-safe

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sqlitedict on Debian 12.

What is python3-sqlitedict

python3-sqlitedict is:

A lightweight wrapper around Python’s sqlite3 database with a simple, Pythonic dict-like interface and support for multi-thread access:

By default, sqlitedict’s exception handling favors verbosity over efficiency. It extracts and outputs the outer exception stack to the error logs.

Features include:

  • Values can be any picklable objects (uses ‘pickle’ with the highest protocol).
  • Support for multiple tables (=dicts) living in the same database file.
  • Support for access from multiple threads to the same connection (needed by e.g. Pyro).
  • Support for custom serialization or compression:

There are three methods to install python3-sqlitedict on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python3-sqlitedict Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-sqlitedict using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-sqlitedict

Install python3-sqlitedict Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-sqlitedict using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-sqlitedict

Install python3-sqlitedict Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-sqlitedict using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-sqlitedict

How To Uninstall python3-sqlitedict on Debian 12

To uninstall only the python3-sqlitedict package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-sqlitedict

Uninstall python3-sqlitedict And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-sqlitedict and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-sqlitedict

Remove python3-sqlitedict Configurations and Data

To remove python3-sqlitedict configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-sqlitedict

Remove python3-sqlitedict configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-sqlitedict configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-sqlitedict

Dependencies

python3-sqlitedict have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sqlitedict package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.